Enrollment Dive Reduces Lawrence Elementary Pupils
Lawrence public schools report a 218 drop in elementary enrollment to 4,886 across 15 schools as of Monday, marking a four year trend of declining numbers. Net outflow estimated at 77, with 751 moving out and 674 moving in, plus 33 truants and one student death. District faces about $800,000 less state funding.
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Lawrence
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Randy Weseman
Johnson County
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Lawrence High School
Free State
Southwest
Central
New York
Woodlawn
Deerfield
Prairie Park
Schwegler
Sunflower
Mike Yoder
Journal-World Photo
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Rome
Clea LeMaster
Monica McCrary
Jordan Girmaye
Baldwin Board Reviews Ninth Grade Book We All Fall Down
Baldwin High School committee will review Robert Cormier’s novel We All Fall Down to decide if it should stay in the freshman orientation curriculum. The move came after superintendent input and two parent complaints, with 100 people attending and debate over explicit language and teen issues.
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Baldwin
Baldwin School Board
Baldwin High School
Connie Wehmeyer
Robert Cormier
Wehmeyer
Jim White
Stacy Cohen
Joyce Tallman
Cohen
Blaine Cone
White
Kansas Association of School Boards
Tallman
Jefferson County North infers fifth grade reading scores invalidated
Jefferson County North district invalidated the 2003 fifth grade state reading test scores after reports of testing irregularities. The board moved principal Randy Josserand from his contract and reassigned two fifth grade teachers while a probe debates possible procedural fixes and missing Terra Nova materials.
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Jefferson County North
Randy Josserand
Scott Slava
Josserand
Curriculum Consultants LLC
Slava
Education Department
Alexa Pochowski
Jesserand
Randy
Jjosserand
Maize police sergeant injured in head-on crash
The Wichita Eagle identifies Sgt. Doug Prier of Maize Police Department, in his early 30s, as the officer injured when an eastbound woman in westbound lanes collided with his vehicle at 2:26 p.m. He was airlifted to Via Christi St. Francis Hospital in Wichita and remained hospitalized Monday night. In a separate incident, Danny R. Dunsing, 50, of Mound Valley, was killed when a .50 caliber muzzleloader discharged while he hunted near Big Hill Lake in Labette County. The shot struck his leg and he died at the scene. an autopsy was ordered in Topeka.
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Wichita Eagle
Doug Prier
Maize
Prier
Via Christi St. Francis Hospital
Wichita
Danny R. Dunsing
Mound Valley
Dunsing
Big Hill Lake
Labette County
Topeka
Maize Officer Critically Injured In Headon Collision
An on duty Maize police officer remained in critical condition after a head on crash with a vehicle traveling the wrong way on Kansas Highway 96. The other driver, an elderly woman, died at the scene according to Maize police.
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C.J. Stuart
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